Children of the Dispossessed Far-West Preschoolers 30 Years On, Second Edition

Subjects:

• Psychology » Developmental Psychology

Reviews:

• ...serves a valuable function for a readership in psychology, education, and community action....an important publication,,,,a book worth reading.
  —Contemporary Psychology APA Review of Books April 2002

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface to the Revised Edition
• Introduction.
• What is Intelligence
• The Great Debate
• Deprivation, Disadvantage, or Difference?
• Early Childhood Education: Success or Failure?
• Cultural Disadvantage in Australia
• An Australian Preschool
• Potential, Competence, and Performance-A Conceptual Framework
• Questions and Assumptions
• Principles and Practice
• The Programs Achievements and Lessons
• Appendices
• References
• Index